Indiana State Sentinel

Indianapolis. January 2. 1849.]

The Lilliputian Watch.—At Mr. Louis Muh's, 41 Chartres street, is to be seen, in the form of a watch, the astonishing specimen of mechanism, without doubt, that we have ever scrutinized. We think we hazard nothing in calling it the smallest watch in the world! How to describe it we hardly know. It is a perfect bijou. It is the work of Mr. Auguste Matthey, of Geneva, and was over three years in being completed. Of course, he was only occupied at intervals in producing this extraordinary piece of workmanship. This wonderful timepiece is perfect; keeps good time. It is about as thick as three half-dimes laid one upon another—including case, crystal and all—and measures in circumference just the size of a half-dime. It has a spring case of enamel, gold dial, and steel hands, cylinder escapement, with ten holes jeweled in ruby. It runs twenty-five hours without winding up. Besides, it is so arranged as to admit of being worn either in a brooch or finger-ring. It is, to our minds, in fact, a rare curiosity. But we have no farther space to describe it. An elaborate description of this pretty little watch, from the "Class of industry" of the Fine Arts Association of Geneva, speaking in the highest terms of praise of its ingenuity as a sample of mechanism, may also be seen at the store of Mr. Muh, who authorizes us to say that he will give $1,000 reward to any watchmaker who will make a similar watch in the space of two years. He also goes farther, and promises to pay any one who will take the watch to pieces and put it together again, $100—provided they first deposit its estimated value. ($1,500,) as a guarantee not to ruin it in the attempt. Mr. Matthey, the maker, is at 41 Chartres street.—N. O. Pic.

The Little Watch Again.—In giving the dimensions of the "Lilliputian Watch," we made it just twice its size in circumference. Instead of saying it was as large as a half dime, we should have said as large as the half of a half dime. The error is very material—for it would not be difficult, we understand, to make a watch the size of a half dime piece.—N. O. Pic.